first-born

Example Sentences

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Naturally, Sybil can’t stand the thought of her first-born child limiting his worldview, especially because Everett was the one to expand hers.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2025

“I lost my son, my only son, my first-born son.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2024

Mr Cruickshank said he heard about the Elizabeth Emblem through his sister, but later found she was ineligible to apply as she was not the first-born child.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2024

They did not find the same result in boys or daughters who were not first-born.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024

My hopes were all dead—struck with a subtle doom, such as, in one night, fell on all the first-born in the land of Egypt.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë